Magic and Rationality in Ancient Near Eastern and Graeco-Roman Medicine

Magic and Rationality in Ancient Near Eastern and Graeco-Roman Medicine
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 423
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ISBN-10 : 9789047414315
ISBN-13 : 9047414314
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Download or read book Magic and Rationality in Ancient Near Eastern and Graeco-Roman Medicine written by Manfred Horstmanshoff and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of methods in Ancient Near Eastern and Greek and Roman medicine, based on representative text corpora. Central is the question of what is "rational", or not, in the various systems.


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